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Many thanks go out to Jerry Melton for his photograph contributions below.

Two weeks prior to the Wolverine Trans-Am, an SCCA regional race was run to see if there were any issues with cars running on the road racecourse. This was a brand-new facility that had only put on one race prior to this. That was an open-wheel USAC race in late '68, won by RonBucknum. The USAC race was run only on the oval and so the road course was an "unknown quantity".

Here's the winner of the A/Sedan category, John Martin in a factory-backed, Ron Kaplan prepared Javelin.Photo by Jerry Melton

Notice the lack of the domed hood. This would indicate they were not using the special 304" engine which showed up for the T/A race.Note also that the car is using a rear spoiler similar to the '68 Javelins, however this was the only race the Javelin team used it in 1969.Photo by Jerry Melton

Here comes Martin's Javelin, going for a pass on the B/Sedan Porsche 911 of Erhard Daum. Both cars would be in the T/A race too.Photo by Jerry Melton

The '67 Z-28 of Robert Barg and his co-driver Dick Hoffman.Photo by Jerry Melton

Robert Barg (L) and Dick Hoffman (R)Robert Barg Collection

Apparently they ran one number during practice and another during the actual race.Photo by Jerry Melton

The '68 Camaro of Dick Lang, a Chevy dealer from Xenia, Ohio.Photo by Jerry Melton

I'm not sure who Dick is waving at here.Photo by Jerry Melton

Mark Donohue actually came to this regional race and drove Dick's car to get a feel for the track prior to the Trans-Am.Photo by Jerry Melton

Another shot of Dick Lang's Camaro.Photo by Jerry Melton

Notice that the side markers lights have been deleted from the side of the car.Photo by Jerry Melton

The Camaro of Wayne Allen, from Indianapolis.Photo by Jerry Melton

Wayne also entered his car in the Wolverine Trans-Am.Photo by Jerry Melton

The Corvair of Bill Schmitt. Lots of tough competition for Corvairs in A/Sedan.Photo by Jerry Melton

This B/Production Corvette, driven by Tom Simpson from Illinois, would be running a 327.Photo by Jerry Melton

Another B/Production Corvette, this one driven by W. Mark Childs, also from Illinois. It finished 1st in class.Photo by Jerry Melton

The unusual Holman-Moody Challenger III ran in the A/Sports Racer class rather than A/Sedan. The driver is W. Scott Clawson.Photo by Jerry Melton

The Shelby Mustang of Mike Murray out of NW Ohio.Photo by Jerry Melton

The #77 Ford Mustang of John B. Addison out of the Detroit Region of the SCCA.Photo by Jerry Melton

Ed Hinchcliff's Mustang got into an accident during this regional race and did significant damage to the passenger side of his car.That damage was not repaired in time for him to make it to the Trans-Am event although he does show up on the entry lists.Photo by Jerry Melton

Looks like Jim Harrell's Mustang was a Mach1 body that he was trying to convert to look like a Boss 302 (removal of the side scoop).Photo by Jerry Melton

Jim Harrell's Mustang again. Jim was also in the Wolverine Trans-Am.Photo by Jerry Melton

An article indicating who the '69 Javelin Trans-Am team drivers would be.

This is a brief article on the race and the results (winner only) of each class run. If anybody has the program, entry listor more complete race results from this race, I would appreciate your contribution to this thread.

The track changes talked about below were a direct result of damaged oil pans which were occuring as a result of theoriginal layout of the road course. The cars for the regional event turned right immediately after the pit road exit and wentstraight over the banked back straight. This caused them to slam down and smash the oil pans if they got going too fast.

In 69, the Tullius Javelin was the 1968 Peter Revson car....Ted Roberts got the 1968 George Follmer Javelin for 1969. The local AMC dealers were having a day at the track, hence the reason all of Javelins in the spectating areas. The dead man was an AMC salesman, if I recall my old readings.

Thanks for the input. Was Tullius' Javelin truly considered a "factory team" car or was he considered a "privateer"? He seems to have gotten a lot of attention at this race from the AMC officials and crew members.